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RYA <br />consequences of the 800 -page document which was released only it days <br />ago. <br />Thank you, <br />Kurt Riitters <br />1412 US Highway 15 -501 South <br />Chapel Hill <br />PLANNING STAFF RESPONSE: Additional time provided through BOCC revised <br />timetable, including the continuation of the November 22, 2010 Public Hearing. <br />- - - -- Original Message---- - <br />From: Donna Baker <br />Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:03 AM <br />To: Perdita Holtz <br />Subject: FW: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />- - - -- Original Message---- - <br />From: Alice Gordon [mailto:gordon.alice @gmail.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:58 AM <br />To: Donna Baker <br />Subject: Fwd: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />---- - - - - -- Forwarded message ---- - - - - -- <br />From: Linda Finch <fotofrieze @nc.rr.com> <br />Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:40:47 -0500 <br />Subject: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />To: Barry Jacobs <bjacobs @co.orange.nc.us >, Bernadette Pelissier <br /><bpelissier @co.orange.nc.us >, Alice Gordon <gordon.alice @gmail.com >, <br />Mike Nelson <mikenelsonnc @aol.com >, Pam Hemminger <br /><phemminger @bellsouth.net >, Steve Yuhasz <syuhasz @co.orange.nc.us >, <br />Valerie Foushee <Vfoushee @co.orange.nc.us> <br />Cc: Haw River Assembly <info @hawriver.org >, <br />info @preserveruralorange.org <br />Dear Members of the County Board of Commissioners: <br />Only this evening have I become aware of some of the content of the <br />proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), that you will be <br />discussing during your meeting tomorrow, November 22, 2010. As a <br />member of Preserve Rural Orange, Citizens for Responsible Growth and <br />the Haw River Assembly, I am extremely concerned that this document is <br />not just "organizing" land use development regulations but could be <br />fundamentally changing the way development is conducted in this County. <br />I don't believe the general public nor architects like myself, have <br />been made aware that this document introduces "conditional zoning <br />districts" and "conditional uses." There is no public understanding <br />that the Planning Board intends to eliminate the Special Use Permit <br />which provides the residents of Orange County special protections. <br />There has been no discussion as to the impact this new process will <br />have on the rural buffer and extraterritorial districts in Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro. <br />